Graham Coatman is a freelance composer, conductor & keyboard player. He has worked as vocal coach, education animateur & continuo player with The English Concert, Charivari Agréable & most of the UK opera companies. Graham is a Senior Lecturer at Leeds College of Music, with specialist interests in performance studies, ensemble coaching, composition and improvisation.

choral & vocal techniques; keyboard & continuo skills; ensemble coaching; improvisation

http://grahamcoatman.weebly.com/ _

_Vivien Ellis performs medieval, renaissance, folk & contemporary music with The Dufay Collective, international ensemble Sinfonye and her own folk & roots influenced duo Alva with multi-instrumentalist Giles Lewin.

vocal style & interpretation; medieval music; improvisation

http://www.myspace.com/vivienellis
http://digitalmiscellaniesindex.org/performances/ - performances by Alva (Vivien Ellis, Giles Lewin)

Stewart Hardy is both classically trained and steeped in traditional music of Northumberland & Scotland. He has toured worldwide in pop, rock, folk, jazz, country & western swing music. He has taught on folk degree at Newcastle University.

learning tunes by ear; interpreting the rhythms of dance; shared tradition - tunes in art & popular music

http://www.stewarthardy.co.uk/

_Internationally acclaimed, Jake Heringman has recorded with many of the leading early music ensembles, including Virelai and Fretwork, on film soundtracks (eg Harry Potter III) and on pop albums (eg Joni Mitchell Travelogue).

improvising on a ground; continuo playing and the art of accompanying

http://www.heringman.com/

"All the tutors were really excellent!"       "I like a challenge and to learn new things and there was certainly plenty of opportunity for this."

_Susanna has toured the world and made many highly acclaimed recordings with the Dufay Collective, and as a member of Fretwork, famous for its interpretation of both early and contemporary repertoire.

playing in consort - shaping the music; mixed ensembles

http://www.susannapell.co.uk/

Mary Tyers has taught recorders and flute for Durham and Newcastle Universities and regularly performs with both chamber groups and period-instrument orchestras, as well as directing meetings of the Society of Recorder Players and tutoring on summer schools.

Renaissance & Baroque style for winds; consort technique

"A magic choice of multi-talented people with inspirational tuition."         "I really enjoyed being able to have continuous music from 9 am to 11 pm!"